PC-Screen resolution problem

(Sand0kan) #1

Hello,
I just get myself a copy of ETQW, the game looks awesome but I have a problem with my screen résolution.
I made myself a custom autoexec.cfg and no matter what I do the game always start at 800x600 and I’m force to change it in the menu and mess up my autoexec.
I tried to force my resolution with :

seta r_mode “-1”
seta r_fullscreen “1”
seta r_customWidth “1600”
seta r_customHeight “900”
r_aspectRatio 1

in my autoexec.cfg but the game still start at 800x600. My autoexec is in my …Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\sdnet\xxx\base
I even tried a conf.cfg in …Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base\ and made a autoexec.cfg (in the previous folder) only with “exec conf.cfg”

seta r_mode “11”; set r_aspectRatio “1” doesn’t work either,
I can’t use my tweaks (when I change the resolution in the menu it works but all my cvars in my autoexec are canceled!!)

thx.

(Setlec) #2

which OS? what gfx card do you have? have you the game/drivers/OS updated? Do you have permission on root or admin? vista/win7 are a pain.

delete any custom config run the game normally and change the settings in game.

(Sand0kan) #3

[QUOTE=Setlec;377841]which OS? what gfx card do you have? have you the game/drivers/OS updated? Do you have permission on root or admin? vista/win7 are a pain.

delete any custom config run the game normally and change the settings in game.[/QUOTE]

I’m on win7x64 I tried to run the game with root permission but it didn’t solve the problem.
Of course when I delete all the config files and manage the graphics only with ingame settings there is no problem (when I restart the game i’m on the resolution that I previously choose).
My gfx drivers are updated, I have a 256mo Nvidia card.

(Setlec) #4

what is the intend of that autoexec? to launch a mod?

(Dthy) #5

I had that problem, what i had to do was get rid of all resolution setting in my config and change them through the menus.

(timestart) #6

Engine settings (like resolution) need to go in ETQW/base/autoexec.cfg since they need to be set before the game loads. Profile configs (ETQW/sdnet/<profile>/base/autoexec.cfg) are only run when you log in to the game. I suggest you make a one-line autoexec.cfg in your profile that just execs the other one so you can put profile settings in there too without them getting replaced by saved profile settings in profile.cfg.
So you’d have:
ETQW/base/autoexec.cfg with your settings in.
ETQW/sdnet/<profile>/base/autoexec.cfg with “exec autoexec.cfg” in.

(Sand0kan) #7

The game run pretty well but It was for improve performance when i’m playing with the AI (I’m new to this game, I started with bots to know what to do on a PvP game)

autoexec.cfg


seta r_mode "11"; set r_aspectRatio "1"
seta r_swapinterval "0"
seta g_fov "95"
seta com_gpuspec "1"
seta bse_enabled "0"
seta com_machinespec "-1"
seta bse_simple "1"
seta r_multisamples "0"
seta image_anisotropy "0"
seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR"
seta image_lodbias "0.1"
seta r_megadrawmethod "3"
seta r_megaTilesPerSecond "6000"
seta r_shaderQuality "0"
seta r_visDistMult "1"
seta r_md5lodscale "3.4"
seta r_skipstuff "0"
seta r_softParticles "0"
seta r_useAlphaToCoverage "0"
seta g_decals "1"
seta r_shadows "1"
seta image_picMipEnable "1"
seta image_diffusePicMip "1"
seta image_bumpPicMip "0"
seta image_specularPicMip "0"
seta image_useCompression "1"
seta image_useNormalCompression "0"
seta s_useOcclusion "0"
seta s_force22kHz "0"
seta com_videoRam "256"
seta r_UseThreadedRenderer "2"
seta com_allowconsole "1"
seta com_showfps "1"

It’s working but you overwrite some cvars of your config.

ps: sorry for my english.

(Sand0kan) #8

[QUOTE=timestart;377855]Engine settings (like resolution) need to go in ETQW/base/autoexec.cfg since they need to be set before the game loads. Profile configs (ETQW/sdnet/<profile>/base/autoexec.cfg) are only run when you log in to the game. I suggest you make a one-line autoexec.cfg in your profile that just execs the other one so you can put profile settings in there too without them getting replaced by saved profile settings in profile.cfg.
[/QUOTE]

I aleready tried something like that

But even if I rename it “autoexec.cfg” in my ETQW/base/ (with the resolution line) and put the others tweaks into another autoexec.cfg in my ETQW/sdnet/<profile>/base/ with the exec line of course, it still doesn’t work.

Thanks for your quick replys anyway :slight_smile:

(Verticae) #9

[QUOTE=Sand0kan;377858]I aleready tried something like that

But even if I rename it “autoexec.cfg” in my ETQW/base/ (with the resolution line) and put the others tweaks into another autoexec.cfg in my ETQW/sdnet/<profile>/base/ with the exec line of course, it still doesn’t work.

Thanks for your quick replys anyway :)[/QUOTE]

That’s because you’re doing it the wrong way around. ;q

(Sand0kan) #10

I found something strange, I finaly manage to have my resolution:
I put the cvars in the target of my shortcut (+seta r_mode “11” +set r_aspectRatio “1”). It’s working but only if I have no autoexec. As soon as I put my autoexec.cfg without the resolution lines (both folders = same result) I get back to the defaullt 800x600. So I think there is something wrong with my autoexec.

What do you mean? (I tried the reverse process but same result)

(Crytiqal) #11

place the autoexec.cfg in the base folder (not sdnet/xxx/base)

Then when ingame open the console and type exec autoexec.cfg

From now on it should work

(Sand0kan) #12

[QUOTE=Crytiqal;377985]place the autoexec.cfg in the base folder (not sdnet/xxx/base)

Then when ingame open the console and type exec autoexec.cfg

From now on it should work[/QUOTE]

Thank you very much it’s working now!! I just have to do a “vid_restart” after the “exec autoexec.cfg” in the console.

(taw_m0nsta) #13

If you are planning to play it from a mod also make sure there is a copy of that autoexec.cfg in the mod dir.